Product owner cryptography & PKI

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Introduction to the job

As the Product Owner (PO) for Cryptography & PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), you will hold a challenging position within a dynamic and diverse international environment with operations in various locations and direct strategical impact on the achievement of ASML’s business objectives and security.

Role and responsibilities

Whether it is employees, suppliers, customers, partners, or even non-human entities like devices, applications, robots, and workloads — each possesses a distinct set of attributes that define and connect their unique identity to their digital presence. As the IAM Crypto Product Owner, your services enable the digital representation and validation of those identities.

As the Product Owner Crypto, you are accountable for ASML’s global PKI and Key Management services. These services include managing cryptographic keys, certificates, and advising and enabling secure communication channels. The role also involves third-party cryptographic services with business partners, suppliers, and customers, leveraging on-premises and cloud environments.

On a daily basis, you act as servant leader for the team. You maximize the value creation of the team by understanding the business needs, budgets and priorities and champion them within the team and towards stakeholders. Your understanding of the current services, backlog, lifecycle management, including new or improved services is key to keeping ASML secure and improving adoption and functionality. You are capable of challenging your team and enabling them to take responsibility for the delivery of committed output. You are fully confident to manage the stakeholders at all levels of the organization and not only understand the needs but also be able to (re)present your domain, both verbally and in writing.

You make it possible to safeguard integrity, confidentiality, authenticity of data by providing cryptographic means and consultancy. Digital identity is at the base of the implementation of any digital system that ASML uses to collaborate in a highly complex ecosystem. Considering the current and projected growth of ASML and its growing importance and attention on a global scale, it is essential to accelerate digital transformation, prevent cyber-attacks, simplify digital processes, increase the security levels of transactions and improve the user experience.  A grasp of your responsibilities in this position:

• End2End accountability for value creation on the services delivered by the team.
• Translating ASML security and IT strategy into a Crypto vision, strategy and roadmap.
• Be up to date within your domain regarding developments both internally as well as externally (such as Post-Quantum Computing, CRA and NIS2 Compliance, Crypto Agility).
• Ensuring the Team Backlog is visible, transparent and clear to all.
• Accountable for the existing IT Services of your domain.

ASML IT is working Agile according SAFe 5.0 (Scaled Agile Framework 5.0). All Agile teams are organized in Agile Release Trains (ARTs). The Identity & Access Management (IAM) ART is responsible for providing state-of-the-art and seamless IAM and Cryptography capabilities and services to the whole of ASML (globally). All teams within the ART work Agile and adapt a DevOps way of working - you build it, you run it, you own it! The IAM ART consists of teams in the domains of Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Access Management (AM), Directory Services, Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Cryptography Services (CS). Each domain consists of approximately 2 teams, a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.

Together with the other Product Owners you support the Chief Product Owner to align with ASML’s business objectives. You will report into the Security department within Risk and Business Assurance & Security (RBA&S), directly to the Head of Expertise Center Digital Identity.

Education and experience

In a PO position you are naturally able to balance the different stakeholders within and outside the ASML domains. With your Agile/SAFe mindset you are easily able to manage and lead (by example) the teams and have the ability to make the right calls where needed. You have an agile mindset, an engaging personality and are able to communicate your vision effectively. To thrive in this job, the ideal candidate will also have:

• Master's degree in IT or similar.
• Minimal 3 years professional experience within IAM and specifically the cryptographic and PKI domain.
• Strong security knowledge.
• Hands-on experience in Agile / SAFe environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships on different levels in the organization.
• Preferably prior working experience with HSMs, CAs, Security Officers/Auditors.

You are in possession of a valid work permit for the Netherlands.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

• Creative and proactive, excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural understanding, you value differences and are able to bridge between different departments and people.
• Communicate effectively and with strong skills (listening, asking the right questions and expressing yourself in an open, professional way), including written communication and creating presentations/storylines.
• Result oriented with a high sense of responsibility and accountability.
• You like to work as and with a team, able to convince, inspire, coach and support other team members.
• You are able to understand your technical clients and application owners’ needs

Other information

ASML Risk and Business Assurance & Security is the security-driven organizational department that ensures business and security needs are matched into the optimal value proposition at a given time, including advising and verifying on the relevant domain.

ASML creates the conditions that enable you to realize your full potential. We provide state-of-the-art facilities, opportunities to develop your talents, international career opportunities, a stimulating and inspiring environment, and most of all, the commitment of a company that recognizes and rewards outstanding performance and supports growth. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Founded in 1984, ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. ASML is a global company and has its main R&D and manufacturing operations in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.